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Sharia, Manusmriti or the Indian Constitution

Two extremes, the dominant Hindu right and a creeping conservatism among Muslims seek to undermine the constitutional mandate

How Qatar Lost the Chance to Showcase Islamic Pluralism

Its Representation Of Islam Reeked Of Supremacism And Exclusivism

140 persons embrace Buddhism in Ahmedabad

The function was organised by Gujarat Buddhist Academy and people from districts like Ahmedabad, Panchmahals, Banaskantha, Vadodara etc. attended the same.

“IMSD strongly condemns the repressive Iranian regime, questions the hypocrisy of the Muslim clergy in India”

Image: Getty ImagesIndian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly...

J&K: FIR Filed Against Senior Civil Servant Over Comments on Vegetarian Food’

Abdul Rashid Kohli, who was awarded on Aug 15 for good work, was suspended on Tuesday after his colleague complained alleging that he had hurt religious sentiments during lunch.

Religious prayer in Kendriya Vidyalayas: SC allows intervention by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

Supreme Court to hear plea against recitation of religious prayers in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathans next month

Corporal Punishment for Blasphemy or Apostasy not in line with Quranic Ethos?

The present concept of blasphemy as an offence has been developed by Muslim jurists in the post Prophetic period.

Azaan on loudspeakers does not violate fundamental rights of people of other faiths: Karnataka HC

The Court's observations come at a time when there have been repeated instances of right-wing fundamentalists targeting the Muslim call to prayer

How Salman Rushdie has been a scapegoat for complex historical differences

Salman Rushdie has been an outspoken defenders of writers’...

TN Archeological Dept. concludes Salem temple idol is of Buddha, Madras HC halts Hindu prayers

Petitioners had demanded archeological investigation and restoration of temple property to Buddhists, claiming that what was originally a Buddhist temple had gradually been turned into a Hindu one

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